http://www.thegambiablog.co.uk/2009/07/hymn-to-the-baobab/ Sharing over 20 years of experience in The Gambia Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:05:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thegambiablog.co.uk/2009/07/hymn-to-the-baobab/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Kathryn Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:54:45 +0000 http://www.thegambiablog.co.uk/?p=594#comment-159 Another example of the baobab's mystical history is the tradition of burying griots (West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician) in the hollows and crevices of the baobab trees. In time the tree trunks would grow round the bodies incasing them. It is said that if griots were buried in the ground that the crops would fail and the fish die. Another example of the baobab’s mystical history is the tradition of burying griots (West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician) in the hollows and crevices of the baobab trees. In time the tree trunks would grow round the bodies incasing them. It is said that if griots were buried in the ground that the crops would fail and the fish die.

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